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obama just goes to town on this. he is like clinton was in the right place at the right time and appeals to the lower middle class in his first term when he gets elected. he cuts taxes on the group and creates a task force for the middle-class. joe biden headed that because he is very upper class. even obama began shifting focus from the working class and the poor to lower middle class so i think who he is appealing to while he was campaigning originally in his first term to average earners after the great recession. the mortgage crisis. a lot of us were hurt. it didn't matter if you were in upper-middle-class you got hurt by the mortgage crisis as well. for him to get elected he started appealing towards wealthier people than he had in his first term. so where are we now? we are still at the one top% of households own one third of the total private health. it's staggering 5% of americanamerican s account for war than one third of consumer purchases. this idea of the bell curve of the post-war years does not exist an
obama just goes to town on this. he is like clinton was in the right place at the right time and appeals to the lower middle class in his first term when he gets elected. he cuts taxes on the group and creates a task force for the middle-class. joe biden headed that because he is very upper class. even obama began shifting focus from the working class and the poor to lower middle class so i think who he is appealing to while he was campaigning originally in his first term to average earners...
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. >> season to from edith roosevelt to michelle obama life monday including calls, facebook comments and tweets. monday night we will conclude the encore presentation of season one of the series with first lady ida mckinley. >> george sat down at freedom fest in las vegas to discuss his most recent book "knowledge and power" which he describes how capitalism produces wealth and benefits of society spitting it starts now one book tv. >> you are watching book tv on c-span2. we are on location at freedom fest which is a gathering of libertarians and joining us now is best-selling author and economist george gilder whose book is knowledge and power the information theory of capitalism and how that is revolutionizing our world. how many books have you now written? ..
. >> season to from edith roosevelt to michelle obama life monday including calls, facebook comments and tweets. monday night we will conclude the encore presentation of season one of the series with first lady ida mckinley. >> george sat down at freedom fest in las vegas to discuss his most recent book "knowledge and power" which he describes how capitalism produces wealth and benefits of society spitting it starts now one book tv. >> you are watching book tv on...
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of the leading figures of immigration policy today and e is accredited delivering the latino vote to obama white house but has been arrested twice for protesting outside the white house. >> host: that is a quick look at some of the books coming out this fall from norton publishing. >> want to see the loss of journalism. i don't want to see, it is frustrating to see state and local journalism not covered because the national journalism is not as good if you don't have the local journalism. of lot of what i do is watching, reading local and state stories what is happening at that level how that bubbles up to the national level. if they're not people on the ground doing that sort of work, i think national journalismpe
of the leading figures of immigration policy today and e is accredited delivering the latino vote to obama white house but has been arrested twice for protesting outside the white house. >> host: that is a quick look at some of the books coming out this fall from norton publishing. >> want to see the loss of journalism. i don't want to see, it is frustrating to see state and local journalism not covered because the national journalism is not as good if you don't have the local...
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there was a reason why president obama has made it such a priority to stop the proliferation of these weapons and lock them down where they do exist. there is a reason why president obama has made clear to the outside regime that this international norm cannot be violated without consequences. and there is a reason why no matter what you believe about syria all peoples, though all nations who believe in the cause of our common humanity must stand up to assure that there is accountability in the use of chemical weapons so that it never happens again. >> the building of human rights would be one of the foundations on which we would does in the world an active spirit in which peace could grow. >> i don't think the white house has completely blown to one person. it belongs to the people of america and i think whoever lives in it should preserve its tradition and enhance it and leave something of themselves there. next on booktv author susan crawford talks about her book "captive audience" the telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age. she argues that america's economic fut
there was a reason why president obama has made it such a priority to stop the proliferation of these weapons and lock them down where they do exist. there is a reason why president obama has made clear to the outside regime that this international norm cannot be violated without consequences. and there is a reason why no matter what you believe about syria all peoples, though all nations who believe in the cause of our common humanity must stand up to assure that there is accountability in the...
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so is obama going to be up to this in his second term? thank you very much. [applause] >> we have about 20 minutes left and i just wanted to ask one question as i read through your book. iran has never threatened to attack another state or even attack one. we got a little bit of experience when i was at west point on the 21st of january in 1981. when we had dinner with the hostages as they came back and i think that there would be some argument there long that regard. i spent two years in afghanistan in several of the operations we did. we uncovered caches and weapons that were marked with iranian markings and our assessment was that they had come from iran. we have had some discussions there about iranian involvement in that aberration. so i hear you they have not invaded other countries, but clearly supporting in other ways , something that i have seen. i'm wondering how you could respond to those activities. >> these are all such important points. especially when it comes to an aggressive state that the rhetoric of some of the rhetoric is translated or con
so is obama going to be up to this in his second term? thank you very much. [applause] >> we have about 20 minutes left and i just wanted to ask one question as i read through your book. iran has never threatened to attack another state or even attack one. we got a little bit of experience when i was at west point on the 21st of january in 1981. when we had dinner with the hostages as they came back and i think that there would be some argument there long that regard. i spent two years in...
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you might think would be bill clinton or barack obama but actually reagan did. but every president has made use of the kennedy name and the kennedy legacy in one way or another. larry also undertook the biggest bull undertaken about a public figure in america, that will be part of the book. he's got some information about the assassination that no one has seen before that he finally dragged out of euros in washington that had not relisted before. we will embargo that into the book is published but i think be a fascinating book, amongst the many, many books that will come out on jfk this fall on the 50th anniversary of his assassination. >> this book is coming out in the fall of 2013. what's the process for book like this? when did you start working with larry sabato? >> we acquired the book two and a half years ago. >> 2011? >> 2011. larry has been pretty much working on it -- >> 2010. >> that's right, 2010. he is working on it steadily ever since. a lot to do with university and it turned into a long book and the long project. the manuscript literally just when
you might think would be bill clinton or barack obama but actually reagan did. but every president has made use of the kennedy name and the kennedy legacy in one way or another. larry also undertook the biggest bull undertaken about a public figure in america, that will be part of the book. he's got some information about the assassination that no one has seen before that he finally dragged out of euros in washington that had not relisted before. we will embargo that into the book is published...
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some people who make the same mistake like barack obama went off to college. go on to law school and get to be president of the united. right. i think we have to be willing to look at the kind of mistakes people make, with an open heart, an open mind, and make choices about how we respond to the mistake in a way that honors their humanity, their dignity, and based in awareness, as a society we need to be safe. we need to honor people's basic human rights to be able to live in a community that is safe and secure. a child growing up in a crime riden violent community who has to worry about, you know, tbul lets fly -- bullets flying through the air. her human rights are being -- we have got to hold each of us individually accountable. and do so in a way that honor each other's basic and create save and thriving community. we can't simply resort to shame and blame and get caught up in a wave of punitiveness and ultimately denies the basic humanity of those we claim to care about. >> thanks. >> thanks. >> my name is james lewis. i would like to thank you for bringi
some people who make the same mistake like barack obama went off to college. go on to law school and get to be president of the united. right. i think we have to be willing to look at the kind of mistakes people make, with an open heart, an open mind, and make choices about how we respond to the mistake in a way that honors their humanity, their dignity, and based in awareness, as a society we need to be safe. we need to honor people's basic human rights to be able to live in a community that...
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president obama talked about it. the our democratic colleagues talked about it when president bush was president, a lot. but it's continued. i thought maybe it was an abrasion but i don't think so anymore. i think a lot of things are happening with robotics, obamacare, other things that are happening that can making it -- that are making it more difficult for workers to find jobs, unemployment remains exceedingly high and to have wage increases. so one of the things that i noticed this week from the republican side of the aisle, congress received two letters, one from republican donors, according to some, and another from c.e.o.'s urging that congress act on immigration. this is primarily to the house members. so nearly a hundred top republican donors, they call themselves, and bush administration officials, sent a letter to the house republicans on tuesday urging lawmakers to pass a bill that legalizes illegal immigrants, that donor letter came the same day, the united states chamber of commerce and 400 other busine
president obama talked about it. the our democratic colleagues talked about it when president bush was president, a lot. but it's continued. i thought maybe it was an abrasion but i don't think so anymore. i think a lot of things are happening with robotics, obamacare, other things that are happening that can making it -- that are making it more difficult for workers to find jobs, unemployment remains exceedingly high and to have wage increases. so one of the things that i noticed this week...
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obama and who will have the process that happens at these summits. there will probably be a meeting with the japanese prime minister but none of that as far as i know has been made public. in terms of the agenda, the russians have laid out three -- one sort of big scene which is sustainable, inclusive and balanced growth and creating jobs and specifically they have three specific priorities, growth through quality jobs and investment, growth through trust and transparency and growth through affective regulation. those are all sorts of ways of reorganizing and capturing the longstanding g20 agenda listing eight areas that have been covered and strong sustainable balance growth. and international reform, strengthening financial regulation, energy sustainability, development, trade, anti-corruption so all of those things will be on but formal agenda, not all those things will be talked about by the leaders and at the end of this there will be probably a lengthy communique and attached documents, it will be unreasonable to expect this communique is going
obama and who will have the process that happens at these summits. there will probably be a meeting with the japanese prime minister but none of that as far as i know has been made public. in terms of the agenda, the russians have laid out three -- one sort of big scene which is sustainable, inclusive and balanced growth and creating jobs and specifically they have three specific priorities, growth through quality jobs and investment, growth through trust and transparency and growth through...
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i think probably a obama's election, the fact that nevada has been blue for the last two presidential cycles is largely due to the union and its ability to get its members and their families out to vote. it is a very politically conscious union. i think if you are interested in an area, finding out what really makes an area, a state, a city take, one of the very best ways to do it is to look at the economy and the life of working people. i am a big admirer of the interviews with working people. like if you were in detroit, you would find out what the auto industry was and talks of the workers. if you were in central california, trying to find out about corporate agriculture and interviewed farm workers. in nevada if you want to find out what makes the state go, you research the gaming industry and what it means to the thousands and thousands of people that work in it. and in that case and for me, especially women, because i do believe that women are key to the gaming institution, almost as if their lives are invisible and this respected. like a maid, the big, corporate bond heads like
i think probably a obama's election, the fact that nevada has been blue for the last two presidential cycles is largely due to the union and its ability to get its members and their families out to vote. it is a very politically conscious union. i think if you are interested in an area, finding out what really makes an area, a state, a city take, one of the very best ways to do it is to look at the economy and the life of working people. i am a big admirer of the interviews with working people....
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obama think he's a disengaged president. staying in washington and working with with the congress and said of traveling all over the country in the world trying to save the reputation of his administration with his rhetoric. what has happened recently, why advertise these closings? why not simply do it quietly instead of making national and international announcements about it? he is trying to capitalize on it like he did the bin laden thing. all that did was get the ire of both the people on the other side and probably cost the lives of some innocent people. >> host: another point about the publicity of these threats. >> guest: i think, what i would say is it's difficult to actually execute this broad closings without having some type of announcement. my sense is that they have tried to make it known so that those that are traveling in the region and who are affected by it are aware. the second thing that we don't know and this is the art of counterterrorism, there could have been an intent here to help put al qaeda on its
obama think he's a disengaged president. staying in washington and working with with the congress and said of traveling all over the country in the world trying to save the reputation of his administration with his rhetoric. what has happened recently, why advertise these closings? why not simply do it quietly instead of making national and international announcements about it? he is trying to capitalize on it like he did the bin laden thing. all that did was get the ire of both the people on...
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that is why the obama administration is it doing the right thing. we should not commit american troops. that should always be the absolute last issue. secondly we need to support our allies, jordan, lebanon, turkey who are dealing with a severe humanitarian crisis because of the million plus excuse me, refugees now into their communities, really making it difficult, strains on their infrastructure. so we need to ask thought fully and make sure we do the right thing. >> mayor, time. booker: do the right thing not by american interests but interests of the region as a whole. >> congressman. holt: someone who fought against the iraq war and called for the president to end our involvement in afghanistan sooner, it is clear to me the public indeed has no stomach for military intervention in syria, nor should we. we should apply the lesson that we should have learned in the 1980s in afghanistan when we armed the mujahadeen, now known as al qaeda, osama bin laden and others. that principle that was applied then was the enemy of our enemy is our friend. tha
that is why the obama administration is it doing the right thing. we should not commit american troops. that should always be the absolute last issue. secondly we need to support our allies, jordan, lebanon, turkey who are dealing with a severe humanitarian crisis because of the million plus excuse me, refugees now into their communities, really making it difficult, strains on their infrastructure. so we need to ask thought fully and make sure we do the right thing. >> mayor, time....
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so obama has done a lot of that. yet he does not really talk about it and has chosen to wage the war in secret. and i would just say the thing about doing these things under so much secrecy is that just as you can expand it and not tell congress and the american people, you can also take it away and not have much of a debate either. so, you know, a lot of trust right now, i think, in the executive branch, and maybe there has to be. i'm not saying i know where the balance should be. but the way that obama, obama's approach to this is that he's actually done quite a bit, you know, in a lot of these places including somalia and all over, a lot of places. but he has not, he's made it appear that the war's sort of winding down, and he's taken credit for, of course, the incredible symbolism of killing bin laden. and the question is, will that then translate into, ultimately, winding down these secret operations that he's continued for much of his presidency so far? >> >> yeah. i think what eli's saying is true, however, i
so obama has done a lot of that. yet he does not really talk about it and has chosen to wage the war in secret. and i would just say the thing about doing these things under so much secrecy is that just as you can expand it and not tell congress and the american people, you can also take it away and not have much of a debate either. so, you know, a lot of trust right now, i think, in the executive branch, and maybe there has to be. i'm not saying i know where the balance should be. but the way...
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one of three obama congress. the majority approved of that. it was part of honestly, a negotiated deal. the president of the united states could cut $2.1 trillion out of long-term debt and spending. and its work. that's why the deficit is half of what it was two years ago. the consequences, you know, raising the debt ceiling, or not raising the ceiling is immediate across the board top 30 a, then you would've about 40% cut in all federal spending. that's defense, everything. so you know it takes a while to sort of turn the ship around and get it moving in the right direction. we start to make the turn to that's why i put up for the ryan budget three times. helped write. that's what a voted honestly for the lowest budget every single year i've been in congress. wynona get about 120-30 people at the most to vote for that. that's what we been awfully tough on spending. but again, you want to think twice about destroying the financial markets and the system and shutting down or essentially crippling the country. so that was my rationale on that. y
one of three obama congress. the majority approved of that. it was part of honestly, a negotiated deal. the president of the united states could cut $2.1 trillion out of long-term debt and spending. and its work. that's why the deficit is half of what it was two years ago. the consequences, you know, raising the debt ceiling, or not raising the ceiling is immediate across the board top 30 a, then you would've about 40% cut in all federal spending. that's defense, everything. so you know it...
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obama administration policies. we have an hour and a half left with their test this month on "in depth." our producer tommy davis often sends the authors we have on the program a series of questions and she sends a series of questions as well. amy goodman provided answers and we want to show those to you right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> host: amy goodman one and a half hours left in our program today and this is an e-mail from robert homan indian pueblo colorado. given the words spoken by president obama during the 2008 and 2012 campaigns are you disappointed by his actions and will the u.s. ever adopt a single page payer health care system? >> guest: at very important question and i would like to also go back to the issue you raised before the break. that is president obama speaking at the dedication of the mlk memorial. here we are on sunday. it's 45 years ago. it's 45 years ago on april 41968 the doctor king was gunned down at the l
obama administration policies. we have an hour and a half left with their test this month on "in depth." our producer tommy davis often sends the authors we have on the program a series of questions and she sends a series of questions as well. amy goodman provided answers and we want to show those to you right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> host: amy goodman one and a half hours left in our program...
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it's obama; right? congress proposed the american job act, but there's tremendous opposition in congress, so i think he mobilizes to put pressure on -- to lift the issue of jobs and to try to get congress people to pay attention to working people. >> thank you. >> i guess in thinking about that, would president obama say to him, make me do it? as another president said to randolph. i think we don't have much time. we wanted to have an opportunity with one or two questions, but i don't know that we have that time yet, christian, but if you tell me we have a second or at least a minute or two, we're going to have some very fortunate perp be able to pose a question to the panelists. >> we don't have a microphone, so if you could just repeat it? >> okay, i will. no burning questions? not comments, just questions. yes? the young man here. >>. id to ask, do you think the federal government is still capable of being responsive? you know, could it happen? .. >> at this moment is the vehicle for the or kinds of
it's obama; right? congress proposed the american job act, but there's tremendous opposition in congress, so i think he mobilizes to put pressure on -- to lift the issue of jobs and to try to get congress people to pay attention to working people. >> thank you. >> i guess in thinking about that, would president obama say to him, make me do it? as another president said to randolph. i think we don't have much time. we wanted to have an opportunity with one or two questions, but i...
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it's president clinton -- president obama's birthday today. he's 52. those students, here's what i would say. the average person today lives to be about 80 years old in this country. the first 20-25 years you spend either preparing yourself or not preparing yourself. if you prepare yourself, you have 60 years to reap the benefits. and if you don't prepare yourself, you have 60 years to suffer the consequence. now is the time when you are making that decision. you are the only one who gets to do it. you .. >> host: laura tweets in: a friend of hers' daughter got a ben carson scholarship, and it was great, really special. what is a ben carson scholarship? >> guest: well, first of all, congratulations to that young lady, because it is very hard to win. [laughter] you've got to be really smart. but it's what i was talking about, you know? our fellowship program, we're in all 50 states. and we acknowledge, it's really more of a recognition program for students and we acknowledge, more of a recognition program for students starting in the fourth grade, they
it's president clinton -- president obama's birthday today. he's 52. those students, here's what i would say. the average person today lives to be about 80 years old in this country. the first 20-25 years you spend either preparing yourself or not preparing yourself. if you prepare yourself, you have 60 years to reap the benefits. and if you don't prepare yourself, you have 60 years to suffer the consequence. now is the time when you are making that decision. you are the only one who gets to do...
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but obama has done -- what happened was obama has gone back and forth. he burst that were going to get out of iraq, but world that going to do so for 18 months and never going to pull out and he knows it's going to happen after that. over time it's been this large build up, where he put our counterterrorism racket. this is not a political and because i can point to the stakes in the bush administration, too. if you look at the history of iraq, for example, you can see where this has failed. go back to 2010 and senior generals in iraq, who are saying that decimated their leadership. we fight them out. two thirds of the leaders are gone. al qaeda and iraq are on the ropes. a year later, u.s. forces pull out of iraq. what happens? al qaeda and iraq sponsor lurcher affiliate in syria, grows in the islamic state of iraq and is now challenging for territory, controlling parts of the area and has doubled from early 2012 to october 2012 in terms of number of attacks per week and is exploded in violence. so that appear counterterrorism model, you can say we've go
but obama has done -- what happened was obama has gone back and forth. he burst that were going to get out of iraq, but world that going to do so for 18 months and never going to pull out and he knows it's going to happen after that. over time it's been this large build up, where he put our counterterrorism racket. this is not a political and because i can point to the stakes in the bush administration, too. if you look at the history of iraq, for example, you can see where this has failed. go...
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when senator obama actually became president obama, i realized it was no joke at all, i decided that i seriously needed to get with the program. and start believing in the dreamy barack obama world of yes, we can. so i thought that what i needed to do was to write two books about myself, and maybe i too can be president of the united states. [laughter] [applause] so i sat down and wrote a book about myself called "chinese girl in the ghetto." when people asked me what the book is about these days, i usually politely tell them it's about my family's journey from communist china to inner-city oakland california. it's about my journey of getting to know freedom. what i'm really thinking. usually what is really on my mind, i need to hurry up and write another book about myself. and why do, maybe i can go to all of those places that barack obama has been able to go. yes, we can! [laughter] i'm joking, of course. i was not born in this country, so i can't become president. [laughter] [applause] donald trump ceptd my hopes up for a long time. [laughter] he kept telling me and everybody else
when senator obama actually became president obama, i realized it was no joke at all, i decided that i seriously needed to get with the program. and start believing in the dreamy barack obama world of yes, we can. so i thought that what i needed to do was to write two books about myself, and maybe i too can be president of the united states. [laughter] [applause] so i sat down and wrote a book about myself called "chinese girl in the ghetto." when people asked me what the book is...
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id to the obama administration. all of us aiming to early learning to build stronger work forces, and prepare better global citizens. and there's some compelling sign of progress. consider some figure from the recent u.n. report designed to build on the ma less than yum goal. in the 13 years we have seen the fastest reduction in poverty in human history. with half a billion fewer living in extreme poverty. globally, child death have fallen by 30%. 30% since 2000. that's 3 million lives saved each year. in 2011, a record 590 million children in developing countries attended primary school. gender gaps and yowlt literacy rates have also narrowed for the new global high of 96 literate young women for every 100 young men in 2010. we should absolutely celebrate these victory. we all know there's more we have to do. collectively we have to find ways to accelerate that rate of progress and improvement. we're all -- by polarizing trends in wealth and economic mobility for lack thereof. around the world the 1 they make up 72
id to the obama administration. all of us aiming to early learning to build stronger work forces, and prepare better global citizens. and there's some compelling sign of progress. consider some figure from the recent u.n. report designed to build on the ma less than yum goal. in the 13 years we have seen the fastest reduction in poverty in human history. with half a billion fewer living in extreme poverty. globally, child death have fallen by 30%. 30% since 2000. that's 3 million lives saved...
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why america elect obama twice. is it good for the country or not? >> caller: that's obviously a very philosophical question. >> host: something you discuss in "america the beautiful." >> guest: i do. first of all, i will say in 2008, the things that the president was saying were very attractive to anyone, you know, we're going get rid of all of this partisanship. we have transparency. we'll get rid of the special interests group. i said, yeah, that guys sounds really, really good. obviously none of those things happened. but you can certainly understand why the first election took place. the second election, i think it was a matter of people thinking that, well, he didn't do that great of job, i'm not sure i like the other guy either, and, you know, so sort of like half a dozen one way. six the other way. i don't think they really felt that thing wowed change that much either way. couple that with an extraordinary campaign. campaign staff campaign mechanism. an extremely articulate and compelling speaker. then you also have to recognize that a lot o
why america elect obama twice. is it good for the country or not? >> caller: that's obviously a very philosophical question. >> host: something you discuss in "america the beautiful." >> guest: i do. first of all, i will say in 2008, the things that the president was saying were very attractive to anyone, you know, we're going get rid of all of this partisanship. we have transparency. we'll get rid of the special interests group. i said, yeah, that guys sounds...
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council that was committed to his destruction just like the republican congress is committed to barack obama's downfall in his first term. he had to work with those guys come and he did work with him and he also machiavellian maneuvers that he had, he outlasted them. he outmaneuvered them. they refused to confirm any of his appointments, and then it was a famous massacre, they called, where the city council had a meeting and they didn't have a quorum because there were three members have been arrested or indicted or convicted of the crimes such as insurance fraud and fixing races at a local track your so buddy used that to engineer a coup when he took over the city council and "l.a. times" came to town and a feature about him, and he said that in the general population, one in 10,000 on the providence city council, it's one in eight. the genius of buddy was he could connect with people. he had charm, charisma and he would want into a room and, if there were 100 people there, 99 love him he would go to the one who hated him and tried when the person over. and convey that he could. they said he
council that was committed to his destruction just like the republican congress is committed to barack obama's downfall in his first term. he had to work with those guys come and he did work with him and he also machiavellian maneuvers that he had, he outlasted them. he outmaneuvered them. they refused to confirm any of his appointments, and then it was a famous massacre, they called, where the city council had a meeting and they didn't have a quorum because there were three members have been...
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unless obama is this going to roll over and say, i made a mistake. i don't think that's going to happen. that's number one. number two, i'm glad you raised the issue because it means you are involved in the future of our country, and i think that is admirable. i think mike lee, marco rubio, the purest of intentions. i think they are dead wrong on tactics. and if you will recall, we had a government shut down in 1996, and we lost 15 seats in an off-year election when we should have added 150. you're missing my point. you're missing my point. that is not my excuse for doing it. but my reason for not embracing their strategy is i am 100 percent convinced it won't work, and let me explain why. let's say we carry out the full strategy. what do you think is going to happen to of the week need, soft spines members of the republican conference of which i am not one? after around three or four weeks , if it is another election i will go get reelected. and that is exactly what will happen, so we will have gone through all this exercise, not accomplished our go
unless obama is this going to roll over and say, i made a mistake. i don't think that's going to happen. that's number one. number two, i'm glad you raised the issue because it means you are involved in the future of our country, and i think that is admirable. i think mike lee, marco rubio, the purest of intentions. i think they are dead wrong on tactics. and if you will recall, we had a government shut down in 1996, and we lost 15 seats in an off-year election when we should have added 150....
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i think as w te --ic as we said at politifact for our obamaer. we would not be slave to the old form of journalism, and would create something new.ould cree o >> i guess, we'll go in order here.>> and so i work for "politico."in. which is an all-politic publication now politics andticf policies that we have expanded w little bit in the past couple of years and continued to expand.et but we're very much directed at being fast, being smart, trying to think of the story that the post and the "times" and others might keep for the next day.pose we do it quick and sooner. mig we have a terrific team ofave a reporters and editors who work to makes look smart. we're directed very much at influence makers, inside the at inuence maand out. it's been a for me i worked atge "politico" i was at u.s. -- "usa today" it's a mass publication directed at explaining things to all people including those not familiar to politics. it's ban shift to go to are toea the more inside perspective. we want to be interesting and tosessable and written in a wayt that is punchy
i think as w te --ic as we said at politifact for our obamaer. we would not be slave to the old form of journalism, and would create something new.ould cree o >> i guess, we'll go in order here.>> and so i work for "politico."in. which is an all-politic publication now politics andticf policies that we have expanded w little bit in the past couple of years and continued to expand.et but we're very much directed at being fast, being smart, trying to think of the story that...
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even president obama has acknowledged that shorter duration loans hold advantages for many borrowers such as when he proposed last year an expanded loan refinance program borrowers, quote: must agree to finance into a loan with no more than a 20-year term, unquote. many americans who seek to own a home find themselves selling their property before they build some, if any, equity in that property. leaving their situation akin to being a renter who pays thousands in closing costs, agrees to do the maintenance and then has to pay the property taxes. there is no one size fits all mortgage in america. next, some opponents of the path act claim that sufficient private sector capital simply does not exist to fill a postgovernment guarantee void. that begs several questions. number one, why are equity markets two and a half times the size of our mortgage markets, and yet they exist without any guarantee, government or otherwise? and just how much capital is sufficient for housing finance? i don't know the answer to the question, and i suspect no one in this audience does either. but what i d
even president obama has acknowledged that shorter duration loans hold advantages for many borrowers such as when he proposed last year an expanded loan refinance program borrowers, quote: must agree to finance into a loan with no more than a 20-year term, unquote. many americans who seek to own a home find themselves selling their property before they build some, if any, equity in that property. leaving their situation akin to being a renter who pays thousands in closing costs, agrees to do...
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when the obama administration succeeded in getting the clap the case thrown out for lack of standing, it said the plan has no evidence that there is large-scale collection or dragnet surveillance or anything to do with her temptation could possibly been selected. that is absolutely true, but it doesn't look so good in retrospect. why not allow any of the 18 new lawsuits, including one by the electronic privacy information center, whose director isn't here, say we want to test the lawfulness of a claim that all american record could possibly be relevant to an authorized investigation. why a post that? why not let the supreme court make a decision on that? >> well, the supreme court has ruled, has it not, that business records of companies are not fourth amendment protected information, write? the pieces of this have gotten into the outside court. but what i would say is that when you get the operations like intelligence operations like military operations in which you require a degree of secrecy to be effective for the larger job, you come up with alternative procedures to what we appl
when the obama administration succeeded in getting the clap the case thrown out for lack of standing, it said the plan has no evidence that there is large-scale collection or dragnet surveillance or anything to do with her temptation could possibly been selected. that is absolutely true, but it doesn't look so good in retrospect. why not allow any of the 18 new lawsuits, including one by the electronic privacy information center, whose director isn't here, say we want to test the lawfulness of...
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council that was committed to his destruction just like the republican congress was committed to barack obama's downfall in his first therm. and he had to work with those guys. and he did work with them. and he also machiavellian maneuvers that he had, he outlasted them. and he outmaneuvered them. there was this -- they refused to confirm any of his appointments, and then there was the famous massacre, they called it, where the city council had a meeting, and they didn't have a quorum because there were three members who had been arrested or dieted or convicted of various -- indicted of various crimes such as insurance fraud and fixing races at a track. and buddy used that to take over the city council. and the l.a. times came to town and did a feature about him. he said in the general population, the instance of felons is 1 in 50,000, on the city council, it's 1 in 8. the genius of buddy was he had charm, he had charisma. he'd walk into a room and if there were 100 people there and 99 loved them, he would go to the 1 that hated him and try to win that person over, and invariably he could. they
council that was committed to his destruction just like the republican congress was committed to barack obama's downfall in his first therm. and he had to work with those guys. and he did work with them. and he also machiavellian maneuvers that he had, he outlasted them. and he outmaneuvered them. there was this -- they refused to confirm any of his appointments, and then there was the famous massacre, they called it, where the city council had a meeting, and they didn't have a quorum because...
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and so i think as we, as we set up politifact also for our obama meter, that we decided we would not be slaves to the old form of journalism and would create something new. >> i guess we'll go in order here. so i work for politico, which is an all-politics publication, now politics and policy. so we've expanded a little bit in the past couple of years and continue to expand. but we're very much directed at being fast, being smart, trying to think of the story that the post and the times and the others might do for the next day, and we do it quicker and and sooner. we have a terrific team of reporters and editors who work to make it look smart. and we're directed very much at influence makers, inside the beltway and out. it's been a big shift more me because before i worked at politico, i was at "usa today" which also has terrific journalists but is mass publication directed at explaining things to all people, including people who might not be so familiar to politics. so it's been a real shift to go to more of the inside perspective. but at the same time we want to be interesting and
and so i think as we, as we set up politifact also for our obama meter, that we decided we would not be slaves to the old form of journalism and would create something new. >> i guess we'll go in order here. so i work for politico, which is an all-politics publication, now politics and policy. so we've expanded a little bit in the past couple of years and continue to expand. but we're very much directed at being fast, being smart, trying to think of the story that the post and the times...
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. >> last year, president obama sign a number that called for deferred action for some undocumented young people who came to the u.s. as children and have pursued education or military service. a year later, the center for progress hosted a panel looking at the results, successes and challenges, of that initiative. and how coul it could impact th. immigration system. this is an hour and a half. >> hello everybody. thank you for coming today. my name is philip wolgin and i'm a senior policy analyst for immigration at the center for american progress. we are very excited to be hosting this event on the first anniversary of the deferred action for childhood arrivals, or daca directed. just one year ago today uscis began accepting applications for daca which is pretty remarkable considering president obama had only announced the directed three months earlier in june 2013. daca represents a new usage of executive authority and path to the discretion to prioritize the u.s. immigration enforcement focuses on, namely, criminals, rather than in this case young unauthorized immigrants, people who g
. >> last year, president obama sign a number that called for deferred action for some undocumented young people who came to the u.s. as children and have pursued education or military service. a year later, the center for progress hosted a panel looking at the results, successes and challenges, of that initiative. and how coul it could impact th. immigration system. this is an hour and a half. >> hello everybody. thank you for coming today. my name is philip wolgin and i'm a senior...
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president obama famously answered the question about american exceptionalism when he first came to office by saying yes, i believe in american exceptionalism, just as i'm sure greeks believed in greek exceptionalism. he was wrong. american exceptionalism is not something we americans made up. american exceptionalism is something that all the world agreed existed and european commentators took the lead in the 19th century of talking about this unique civic culture that the united states had achieved. what i want is for americans of all classes, but especially the upper-class to realize once again how exceptional that was, hoand how unique it was among te nations of the world, and how immeasurably precious. thank you very much. [applause] >> and we are live this morning at the center for strategic and international studies host a panel discussion on disaster recovery and preparedness. with her opening remarks from the department homeland security assistant secretary for policy, david heyman. we expect this to get under way in just a moment. this is live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conve
president obama famously answered the question about american exceptionalism when he first came to office by saying yes, i believe in american exceptionalism, just as i'm sure greeks believed in greek exceptionalism. he was wrong. american exceptionalism is not something we americans made up. american exceptionalism is something that all the world agreed existed and european commentators took the lead in the 19th century of talking about this unique civic culture that the united states had...
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that is why barack obama won. we had to bring them along with us. [speaking spanish] [applause] >> arrested in front of the white house, the policies of breaking up our families with others. that wasn't easy to do that to a president who live love and i respect, who i fought so hard to get elected but you know, we pushed, he said he couldn't do it, he said i can't stop the deportation. what he said he couldn't do we kept saying he could end in the end there are 5,000 dreamer's today in this country who have documents, their drivers license. [applause] >> they have work permits. [chanting] >> when i come here today to say it is not democratic or republican solution, we have walked that walk before. once the president embraced our youth and wasn't going to deport any more dreamers, he did those tv commercials in which he said i did it because i saw in those young people, those undocumented young people the same values my wife and i had inculcated in our regard. [speaking spanish] >> it is time to stop deporting those who inculcated those wonderful val
that is why barack obama won. we had to bring them along with us. [speaking spanish] [applause] >> arrested in front of the white house, the policies of breaking up our families with others. that wasn't easy to do that to a president who live love and i respect, who i fought so hard to get elected but you know, we pushed, he said he couldn't do it, he said i can't stop the deportation. what he said he couldn't do we kept saying he could end in the end there are 5,000 dreamer's today in...
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argue for or against the obama plan and wide? >> yeah, i am very for it. i helped write it before it got called you up on the plan. it started in what is called the health committee of the senate and i had a temporary assignment for the health committee to work on that bill. i am for it for three big reasons. one is a lot of people didn't have insurance in this country. and if you don't have health insurance, it really affects your life and it really affects the care you get when you get sick and it actually can make the difference between getting well and not getting well. a canoe and make the difference between whether you live or whether you die. so getting people -- more people that have health insurance was a really, really good goal and a really good achievement. the second thing is the insurance marketplace wasn't all that sayer. as i said earlier, if you work for a big company got a pretty good rate. if you had a little company, you got a not so good afraid and you're on your own. you pay top dollar on your own and you were stuck. .. because they c
argue for or against the obama plan and wide? >> yeah, i am very for it. i helped write it before it got called you up on the plan. it started in what is called the health committee of the senate and i had a temporary assignment for the health committee to work on that bill. i am for it for three big reasons. one is a lot of people didn't have insurance in this country. and if you don't have health insurance, it really affects your life and it really affects the care you get when you get...
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i hope and pray that president obama fulfills dr. king's dream for economic justice. he can start by signing the executive order to lift 2 million federal no wage contract workers like me out of poverty. you can help as well. there are going to be organizer standing around the room with petitions. please sign our petitions and for those of you watching you can go to jobs nation.com.org and sign the petition as well. the work of the job nations -- the workers of jobs nation are inspired by civil rights veterans bill lucy leary rubin and a lot of other men and women who aren't here today. thank you for leading by example. we also think joe madison and clarence page for being a part of this great event trade together we shall overcome. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> the only thing i want to say is this. i would like everybody -- and that is one of the things i have a concern about. we pay taxes like other places in the united states and i think that is something we should actually be talking about. we want our right in this state to vote
i hope and pray that president obama fulfills dr. king's dream for economic justice. he can start by signing the executive order to lift 2 million federal no wage contract workers like me out of poverty. you can help as well. there are going to be organizer standing around the room with petitions. please sign our petitions and for those of you watching you can go to jobs nation.com.org and sign the petition as well. the work of the job nations -- the workers of jobs nation are inspired by civil...
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i think it's not too surprising that obama has not brought this whole thing up. it would be difficult enough in normal times, and our times have gotten way abnormal since the tea party has come on the scene. i have little faith that america will come back together. i think we're headed more in the direction of middle east countries with factions just at each other's throat, i'm sorry to say. i don't see where we're going to go. i don't know whether having whites become a minority by the middle of the century as other populations are growing will help at all, but i'm sorry. i have seen other countries where populations were not friendly with each other, and i can't believe how quickly we've gone from a real functioning democracy to the state that we're in now. >> thank you. leads keep your questions brief -- please keep your questions brief, and you can make comments, but keep those brief as well. >> okay. thank you for this particular forum. i appreciate the opportunity. my question is in reference to the comment, i think it was you, dr. bailey, and maybe you dir
i think it's not too surprising that obama has not brought this whole thing up. it would be difficult enough in normal times, and our times have gotten way abnormal since the tea party has come on the scene. i have little faith that america will come back together. i think we're headed more in the direction of middle east countries with factions just at each other's throat, i'm sorry to say. i don't see where we're going to go. i don't know whether having whites become a minority by the middle...
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the obama administration to years in a row, once john kerry and once hillary clinton waived those. then what happened is there were several people in congress, most prominent among them, senator patrick leahy, the chairman of the state and foreign operations appropriations committee in the senate but also marco rubio, john mccain and some others who came up with various ideas on how to increase restrictions. those ideas have been debated for a very long time and none of those have been tasked yet but we can expect they will be in the round of appropriations bills pitting of course the aid restrictions and the administration can always claim they must give the aid based on the national security concerns. so there is always a limit to what the congress can force the administration to do. and in the end of the administration really wants to give the e egyptian military the aid and they will find a way to do it. >> i want to read you a quote of the washington journal this morning and get you to elaborate if you can. there is a possibility of civil war from one senior u.s. official on i
the obama administration to years in a row, once john kerry and once hillary clinton waived those. then what happened is there were several people in congress, most prominent among them, senator patrick leahy, the chairman of the state and foreign operations appropriations committee in the senate but also marco rubio, john mccain and some others who came up with various ideas on how to increase restrictions. those ideas have been debated for a very long time and none of those have been tasked...
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president obama made a statement earlier today about the violence. here is a portion of that. >> that's why we are so concerned by the recent events. we appreciate the complexity of the situation. wild mohammed morsi was elected president in a space election, his government was not inclusive and did not respect the views of all egyptians. we know that many egyptians, perhaps even a majority of the egyptians were calling for a change in course. and while we do not believe the force is the way to resolve political differences, after the military intervention several weeks ago, they're remained a chance for reconciliation and an opportunity to pursue a space path. instead, we have seen a more dangerous path taken to the arbitrary arrests, a broad crackdown on mr. morsi's associations, and supporters and now tragically, violence has taken the lives of hundreds of people and has wounded thousands more. the united states strongly condemns the steps that have been taken by egypt's interim government and security forces. we deplore violence against civilians
president obama made a statement earlier today about the violence. here is a portion of that. >> that's why we are so concerned by the recent events. we appreciate the complexity of the situation. wild mohammed morsi was elected president in a space election, his government was not inclusive and did not respect the views of all egyptians. we know that many egyptians, perhaps even a majority of the egyptians were calling for a change in course. and while we do not believe the force is the...
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now, what president barack obama want us to do. he can't tell you this, but i can to say to you you need to raise hell and hit the streets. you need to go back to the streets. uncle tom negroes. you can't sit around no more and talk about everything. those are dangerous negros. >> thank you, brother charles steele. thank you, brother charles steele. [laughter] >> thank you, brother charles steele. thank you, brother one. >> thank you so much. >> they really don't like me. moderating this panel full of creatures. it is very difficult to interrupt preachers. so i'm not going to hesitate. we want to have a little dialogue. these are all phenomenal people. they're our has been cut. i am humbled to bring the rev. into our conversation. [applause] he is -- what do we say, all that and a bag of chips. he worked with dr. king. he is a more houseman. you know what they say about those morehouse man. you always can tell a more houseman, but you can't tell them much. he is not somebody i wanted tell much too. i want to hear from them. i want
now, what president barack obama want us to do. he can't tell you this, but i can to say to you you need to raise hell and hit the streets. you need to go back to the streets. uncle tom negroes. you can't sit around no more and talk about everything. those are dangerous negros. >> thank you, brother charles steele. thank you, brother charles steele. [laughter] >> thank you, brother charles steele. thank you, brother one. >> thank you so much. >> they really don't like...
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income threshold and i'm wondering if the guest is a political appointee because it is my experience the obama administration always tries to over fund the student program, the student loan program is a way to funnel money from people who have a from people who don't and i will take my answer off the air. >> guest: thank you. i am a political appointee but igs are appointed without regard to political persuasion and we do not change administrations so there are many igs who have been appointed by the clinton administration and bush administration who are still here. igs are somewhat unique from government-backed -- but as far as the issues that the caller brought forward ages dispense based on expected family contribution at least from the students at a certain age. i think in graduate school it becomes a different analysis. post gained. >> host: . >> host: kathleen tighe's talking about student fraud and other issues. there's number if you want to call inspector general if you have any questions about this topic or others. what is the number? >> guest: 1-800-misused. >> host: kathleen tighe t
income threshold and i'm wondering if the guest is a political appointee because it is my experience the obama administration always tries to over fund the student program, the student loan program is a way to funnel money from people who have a from people who don't and i will take my answer off the air. >> guest: thank you. i am a political appointee but igs are appointed without regard to political persuasion and we do not change administrations so there are many igs who have been...
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on friday president obama announced proposals to change the oversight and transparency of the nsa. speakers included congressman peter king who chairs the homeland security subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence, former new york times reporter judith miller and fox business network host john stossel. the event was cohosted by the manhattan institute, the weekly standard and the group concerned veterans for america. >> we want to thank you all for coming. i'm not normally intimidated when i speak at these events, but now that i didn't realize gunny sergeant duff was here, now i'm very worried. [laughter] it's great to have all of you. i also want to join in thanking those of you who serve for your service and to say how pleased i am that pete king and john stossel have agreed to be here and also judy miller and gary bernstein who will be joining us for the panel. pete, when i saw -- i saw pete in afghanistan, i was visiting with a couple of people looking around for about a week in late 2011, and pete had volunteered, reuped and gone to afghanistan then to help train the
on friday president obama announced proposals to change the oversight and transparency of the nsa. speakers included congressman peter king who chairs the homeland security subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence, former new york times reporter judith miller and fox business network host john stossel. the event was cohosted by the manhattan institute, the weekly standard and the group concerned veterans for america. >> we want to thank you all for coming. i'm not normally...
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citing barack obama is a great example. i agree he really does not fit the definition of the 1970's and 1980's socialist by any stretch of the imagination. he is simply very different. you mentioned the united kingdom. of course it was one of tony blair's associates. members of the labor party. was the coherent alternative. i don't think it's being a marxist-leninist there's still a few out there. >> host: but basically everyone as a pragmatic marketeer. speeches some big problems with the system. we have not figured out 91 to the alternative. >> host: it's a history of ideas as well as the events. it does get back to the question , is it relevant to the time when living in? if you captured a moment in time? you said earlier, 30 years has already passed. really if you think about it like this in 1979 there were as close to war were to as their word us. in the way uc in 1979 the end of that post world war ii era of the ideology and politics and governing consensus. a good example, directly came to the throne is bias bill see
citing barack obama is a great example. i agree he really does not fit the definition of the 1970's and 1980's socialist by any stretch of the imagination. he is simply very different. you mentioned the united kingdom. of course it was one of tony blair's associates. members of the labor party. was the coherent alternative. i don't think it's being a marxist-leninist there's still a few out there. >> host: but basically everyone as a pragmatic marketeer. speeches some big problems with...
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i don't understand why obama health care wants to affect me. i am 69 years old and i have never been to a hospital. and i cannot see why why i should be required to pay money into this obamacare. to take care of people who have been to the hospital who are always sick. everyone sounds like they are dying in this country. that is all i have to say. >> host: stick around and we will have julie jumped in and have a question for you. >> guest: there is a program that provides coverage for folks over 65 years old. are you on medicare? >> caller: i am not on medicaid. >> host: you plan on purchasing insurance under the new health care law when it comes out or do you plan on taking a penalty that will kick in soon? >> caller: it depends on the cost and the penalty. >> host: can you take us through that on how it works and when they can get to read. >> guest: starting october 1, there will be new marketplaces and the cost of coverage and deciding whether or not they want to enroll. he can go online and i think he said he was in washington state and he
i don't understand why obama health care wants to affect me. i am 69 years old and i have never been to a hospital. and i cannot see why why i should be required to pay money into this obamacare. to take care of people who have been to the hospital who are always sick. everyone sounds like they are dying in this country. that is all i have to say. >> host: stick around and we will have julie jumped in and have a question for you. >> guest: there is a program that provides coverage...
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to investigate president obama might be attempted to call on jack bauer from the hit tv series "24" who employed torture and illegal tactic to help the president fight terrorism. terrorism suspect the culprit. it's lack of adequate health care. maybe it's not jack power but the actor who plays him. right. the star of "24" is keffer southerland. whose family has a deep connection in canada. tommy douglas is his grandfather. he voted in cbc in 2004. the greatest canadian. tommy douglas was the premiere -- and as a kid he almost lost his leg, and the doctor saved him. he felt that public health care was critical. and so he fought for public health care just there. who took him on remarkably enough? the ama, the american medical association. afraid the con they onwould spread south. they won there. it became so popular it spread across canada and became the national health care system for canada. that's what i'm telling the border guards and writing what i'm saying down. i said, so maybe i talked about how southerland had gone to alberta and talk about how you mustn't privatize health care
to investigate president obama might be attempted to call on jack bauer from the hit tv series "24" who employed torture and illegal tactic to help the president fight terrorism. terrorism suspect the culprit. it's lack of adequate health care. maybe it's not jack power but the actor who plays him. right. the star of "24" is keffer southerland. whose family has a deep connection in canada. tommy douglas is his grandfather. he voted in cbc in 2004. the greatest canadian....
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i need all of you to join and mail or facts a letter to president obama. the eligibility criteria. thousands of students have already had to abruptly leave school with no clear path to return a. without a college education and children will not have careers are good jobs. another serious issue in our community is the high incarceration rate of our african-american men. our prisons are full of both state and federal, filled with african american men. the statistics of damning. they now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2 million in cursory population. african-americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of white. there is nothing worse than these mandatory minimum sentences that were enacted in 1986 at the height of the public outcry over crack cocaine following the tragic death of college basketball star. congress acted hastily and without sufficient hearing or research, and it acted hard-line and anti-drug. we continue to work on this. a few modifications of been made. for the last 20 years i've worked to raise the awareness and travel across the country to educa
i need all of you to join and mail or facts a letter to president obama. the eligibility criteria. thousands of students have already had to abruptly leave school with no clear path to return a. without a college education and children will not have careers are good jobs. another serious issue in our community is the high incarceration rate of our african-american men. our prisons are full of both state and federal, filled with african american men. the statistics of damning. they now...